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Sunday, October 21, 2012

[Updated] Fire in the manhole on Third Avenue

Well, @Alexander_Stein sent along this photo... from about 20 minutes ago on Third Avenue at Astor Place/St. Mark's Place... you can see the FDNY arriving in the background...

11:19 — four trucks on the scene...

Via @MotoColor at 11:19 ...

Via @jarroddickenson

Via Grace Elizabeth Mangum on Facebook around 1 p.m. ...

The intersection remains closed off... and FDNY, NYPD and ConEd are on the scene...

Via Bonnie DeWitt on Facebook around 2:15 ... showing the scene now...

And later... the site filled our hearts with song... via @Troyquan ...

Croissanteria now open on Avenue A

Croissanteria, which we first mentioned back in July, had its grand opening this weekend here on Avenue A near East Fifth Street... EVG contributor Stacie Joy stopped by for a few photos...

Hours are 7 a.m. to midnight. Anyone try the cafe-bakery yet...? Let us know in the comments...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

And now, a lot of photos of dogs in costumes...

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was at the Halloween Dog Parade in Tompkins Square Park today...

...oops. Cat!

And our friend editrrix has more photos from yesterday right here ... and via NY Through the Lens here ...

Hats off...

At the Mad Hatter Tea Party this afternoon in Tompkins Square Park... Photos by Bobby Williams...

Otto's Shrunken Head celebrates 10th anniversary tonight

At 538 E. 14th St. near Avenue B...

Last weekend for Gimme Gimme Records

As we reported Tuesday, this gem of a record store on East Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue got hit with an enormous rent hike ... and is closing up after tomorrow...

Open 1-10 today ... and 1-7 tomorrow... stop by and say goodbye... and buy some vinyl.

East Village dipping alert

The Post has a piece today about "[o]rganized bands of thieves ... targeting East Village partiers."

Pickpockets using a three-man system called "dipping" have been plaguing clubs, authorities and club employees said.

The NYPD made an arrest in connection with a dipping incident at Bowery Electric. The article also quotes Kevin Lynch, the owner of Solas, who said "he and his employees twice have helped nab thieves they spotted."